Grandparents Say Caylee Is Alive

Anthonys Also Say They Stand By Their Daughter

The grandparents of missing toddler Caylee Anthony came out with two strong statements on Friday.

Cindy and George Anthony said they stand by their daughter, mother Casey Anthony, 22.

They also said they still believe Caylee is alive.

"Caylee could be out of the state of Florida. We don't know," Cindy Anthony said.

The Anthonys will not consider the possibility that the child they helped raise is dead.

"If I have to go out myself door-to-door and look for this child until the day I die, I will walk every inch of this earth and open every door and knock on every door and I will look in every nook and cranny until I find her," Cindy Anthony said.

The Anthonys said they never believed investigators would find Caylee's body in their back yard, where the search was focused Thursday and early Friday.

"I got sick initially because you get that thought of, 'What if?' but we knew deep inside there can't be anything wrong here," George Anthony said.

The Anthonys claim to be as uncertain as everyone else as to Caylee's whereabouts.

Cindy Anthony said she has talked to Casey Anthony, her daughter and Caylee's mother, once since her Wednesday night arrest.

She would not reveal what was said, but she's standing by her daughter's innocence.

"I still believe in her. I still love her, and right now my focus is on Caylee. I cannot focus on Casey right now. I know she's safe," Cindy Anthony said. "We will work out all the reasons why Casey was arrested later. Right now, our focus is on Caylee and finding Caylee and if we lose that focus, Caylee may not come back to me."

The Anthonys said that the reason their daughter may have borrowed a shovel from a neighbor, which led investigators to digging in and searching the Anthonys' back yard, was to dig up bamboo shoots that grow in their back yard. They said they often hurt Caylee's feet.